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Medical Panel in India Grants Legal Abortion to Pregnant 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor
Medical Panel in India Grants Legal Abortion to Pregnant 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor (PRESS RELEASE) Four gynecologists informed the Supreme Court of India today that they determined a 14-year-old rape survivor, known as X, should receive [...]
India Passes Abortion Reform but Fails to Undo Barriers to Access
This week, the Parliament of India passed an amendment to India’s 50-year-old abortion law that fails to remove barriers to access and instead creates new ones. Following Presidential assent, per procedure, the amendment will become law. While [...]
India’s Proposed Abortion “Reform” Fails to Undo Barriers to Access
An amendment to India’s 50-year-old abortion law, proposed as “reform,” fails to remove barriers to access and instead creates new ones. The amendment entrenches a harmful policy requiring women to obtain authorization by a medical practitioner for all abortion [...]
CRR Celebrates 20 Years
CRR Celebrates 20 Years Twenty years ago on June 15, 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights opened its doors. A small team of lawyers had a vision to start an organization that coalesced around the [...]
Pakistan’s Sindh Government Increases Access to Obstetric Fistula Repair Services to Comply with Orders by the High Court
Ruling in Sayed v. Sindh marks major progress in improving maternal health, especially for women living on low incomes.
The CEDAW Committee Urges States to Protect and Promote Sexual and Reproductive Rights
In July 2011, the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged the governments of Nepal, Costa Rica, and Zambia to improve their record on reproductive rights. The Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]
Statements from the Center for Reproductive Rights on the Constitutional Court Decision Decriminalizing Abortion in Colombia
02.21.22 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the Constitutional Court of Colombia issued a ruling decriminalizing abortion up to 24 weeks gestation, a move expected to further eliminate barriers to legal abortion and help to end criminal [...]
Colombia’s Highest Court Rules to Decriminalize Abortion
Landmark ruling in “Causa Justa” lawsuit will help remove barriers to abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.
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“Let’s Talk Repro” Series: Prabina Bajracharya, Senior Manager for Asia
"I see reproductive rights as being at the core of gender equality and human rights, and this really resonates with the Center's mission."
The Himalayan Times: The urgent need of comprehensive law
The Himalayan Times: The urgent need of comprehensive law By Sapana Malla Pradhan In Nepal, we just culminated a month long celebration acknowledging abortion law reform in this country, including the amendment to the Muluki [...]
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